I remebmer this sracket. Definitly a great stick to hit with. Not sure of the exact specs but it was very similar to the prostaff 6.0 original 85.
the headsize was about a 90 if i remember right and overall had a bit more flex than the 6.0.

Wilson later resurrected the name for some of its retail line racquets. I had a Sting 95 high beam back in the early nineties that was a widebody. I almost killed a netman in doubles once off a serve return with this incarnation of the Sting. The server had blasted a flat once right into my hitting zone...I still remember his partner collapsing after I accidentally drilled the return into his gut.

Wish I still had that racquet. It wasn't a prestigious racquet (parents bought it for me from a Champ's Sports), but it played very well for such a powerful stick. Kind of like the Prince CTS Thunderstick 90.

mine RDCs at 328 SW -- plays more like POG MID than 6.0 85 -- and is about as comfortable as it gets. wonderful control stick for trading balls with a clean hitter --but I can't do much damage with it on those early mornings when I'm hung-over and coughing up short balls to a babolat wielding steroidal monkey. and forget about using it on the dirt, unless your feeding balls to Mrs. Havasham.

The Sting midsize were great racquets. My friend has a blue grey one and I have a brown SC one with PWS. They played pretty similar.

It's a good weapon against a serve and volleyer. Slices keep the ball so low and it's very easy to topspin the ball and have it barely clear the net and dip down into the volleyer's feet. I haven't found any other racquet that can do it this well.

Weak points would be it's not that maneuverable at the net and on serves.

I got mine weighed and it's 356 grams strung, but it doesn't have it's original leather grip. Lude, great find on that TW Bosworth link.

How much is 'pretty stiff' Can you compare it for example with a redondo?

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How about a plank for the Sting SC and a stiff, hard-packed pillow for the Redondo? Not that extreme though.

In fact the Sting is flexy in a way that the beam is thin, but you can feel the "hardness" of the material. The Redondo, on the other hand, you can feel the stiffness of the 20mm beam but the 100% graphite material allows it to flex well under stress so you don't feel it being stiff.

the first racquet i fell in love with the moment i had the first hit with it. this is THE racquet that turned me onto the fav 6.0 85. felt like it was made for me... felt like sampras the first time i picked it up to use it and opened up a whole new world for me... specs are very similar to the original chicago pro staff mids